[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16039]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. 02-127-2]


Ports Designated for Exportation of Livestock; Portland, OR

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Withdrawal of a direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document withdraws the direct final rule that notified 
the public of our intention to amend the ``Inspection and Handling of 
Livestock for Exportation'' regulations by designating Portland 
International Airport in Portland, OR, as a port of embarkation and B 
Bar C Ranch, in Gervais, OR, and Pony World Farm in Portland, OR, as 
export inspection facilities for that port. This action is necessary 
because we received a written adverse comment in response to the direct 
final rule.

DATES: The direct final rule is withdrawn as of June 25, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Roger Perkins, Senior Staff 
Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services, National Center for Import and 
Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
(301) 734-8364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on May 19, 
2003 (68 FR 26990-26991, Docket No. 02-127-1), we notified the public 
of our intention to amend the ``Inspection and Handling of Livestock 
for Exportation'' regulations by designating Portland International 
Airport in Portland, OR, as a port of embarkation and B Bar C Ranch, in 
Gervais, OR, and Pony World Farm in Portland, OR, as export inspection 
facilities for that port.
    We solicited comments concerning the direct final rule for 30 days 
ending June 18, 2003. We stated that the effective date of the direct 
final rule would be 60 days after publication of the direct final rule 
in the Federal Register, unless we received a written adverse comment 
or a written notice of intent to submit an adverse comment. We also 
stated that if we received any written adverse comment or any written 
notice of intent to submit an adverse comment, we would publish a 
notice in the Federal Register withdrawing the direct final rule before 
the scheduled effective date and would publish a proposed rule for 
public comment.
    We received one written adverse comment. Therefore, we are 
withdrawing the direct final rule and, at a later date, we will publish 
a proposed rule in the Federal Register.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 19 U.S.C. 1644a(c); 21 U.S.C. 
136, 136a, and 618; 46 U.S.C. 3901 and 3902; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 
371.4.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of June, 2003.
Bobby R. Acord,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-16039 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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